"Oh, I came up last night..." What the messenger wanted to say, Dakui stretched out his hand to stop him: "This is not the place to talk, come on, come in and talk." With that, Dakui came over to lead the Yuanbing messenger.
horse.
Yuan Bing's messenger asked doubtfully: "Brother, I came from North Street. This alley can reach Liuzi Street."
Naturally, Da Kui couldn't tell the truth, so he immediately smiled and said: "You want to go to the garrison mansion on Liuzi Street, right? You have found the right person. I am on duty at the garrison mansion, come on, come in." As he spoke,
Dakui had already pulled the Yuan Bing messenger's horse closer to the courtyard.
"Oh, no wonder I stepped on dog poop when I went out before setting off. It's my luck to meet such a warm-hearted person like my elder brother when I arrived in Qingyang City, hehehe." Yuan Bing's messenger chuckled and followed into the yard.
As if he was at his own home, Da Kui led the horse to a wooden stake in the corner of the courtyard. This restaurant may also sell cooked meat, but they buried several wooden stakes in the corner of the courtyard, apparently for killing people.
Dakui, who was responsible for the livestock, had already thought of a countermeasure while tying the horse. After the Yuan soldiers' messenger was cooked, he killed the horse and then found a pot to cook meat.
When he turned around, he saw the Yuan Bing messenger standing in the courtyard looking around. Dakui went over and greeted him: "Brother, where are you from?"
The messenger hurriedly replied: "I'm from Yingchang."
"Oh, come on, come on, let's talk in the house." Dakui brought the messenger into the room, and then complained: "Hey, there is a shortage of food in the city. I just came out to find some food. I don't have anything to entertain my brothers. Please forgive me.
."
The messenger smiled and then said: "It doesn't matter, I have some dry food here. You and I can eat some together, I'm hungry too."
Da Kui got what he wanted, so he and the messenger found benches and sat down to eat and chat.
It turned out that Yuan Huizong fled north to Shangdu and sent troops to retake the Central Plains, but he wanted to lose consecutive battles. Yuan Huizong took the remaining troops of Yuanting and fled all the way to Yingchang. He did not want to be exhausted physically and mentally and could not afford to fall ill.
Soon after he passed away, the Khan's prince, Aiyou Shili, came to the throne. His name was called Zhaozong of the Yuan Dynasty in history, and his reign was Xuanguang.
The death of Yuan Huizong from illness was naturally the top priority of the Yuan Dynasty. Emperor Zhaozong of the Yuan Dynasty sent his secret envoys to the land of Gansu and Shaanxi to report the funeral to Kuo Kuo and other supporting military lords, but Li Wenzhong captured him unexpectedly. When he learned that Yuan Huizong had died of illness, Li Wenzhong immediately took him with him.
The troops marched north, and now the army was approaching Yingchang. In desperation, Emperor Zhaozong of the Yuan Dynasty once again sent a secret envoy to urge Timur to protect him.
It is really a fate that is not as good as fate. The messenger sent by Yuanting for the first time was intercepted by Li Wenzhong. The messenger sent for the second time was actually sitting with Da Kui eating dry food and chatting. It was really a twist of fate.
"Where is your hometown, brother?" Da Kui had nothing to say, so he asked all the questions that needed to be asked. Zhang Liangbi didn't even know about the news of Yuan Huizong's death from illness, and Kao Kui must have only known about leading troops to Yingchang to protect him, so he probably didn't know either.
Since they didn't know the news about Yuan Huizong's death from illness, General Li Wenzhong should be able to lead his troops northward to achieve the effect of a surprise attack. Thinking of this, Da Kui couldn't help but feel happy on his face.
"I'm from Shanxi, my hometown." The messenger ate dry food and took off his water bag from his waist.
Seeing that the messenger was just a young man, he must be a few years older than Yang Xiaohu, Dakui couldn't bear to kill him. Seeing him take off the water bag and hand it to him first, Dakui not only smiled and said: "It's been a hard journey all the way.
It just so happens that there is wine here, so you and I can drink some. It’s cold in late autumn, so drinking some wine will help warm us up.”
There was nothing else in this wine shop, but there was a lot of wine. Da Kui found two big bowls, filled them with two bowls of wine, and drank each bowl in one go. After all, the messenger was still young, and his cheeks were visible after just one bowl of wine.
Deep red.
Da Kui asked with a smile: "You said you entered the city last night. It was dark and the four doors were closed. How did you enter the city?"
When the messenger saw Dakui asking, he couldn't help but smile mysteriously and said: "I have a noisy arrow here. As long as I tie a token on the arrow and shoot it to the city, the night patrol soldiers will naturally open the city gate when they see it."
Dakui's heart moved when he heard this, and he couldn't help asking: "What kind of token is it?"
The messenger smiled but did not answer. He handed over the wine bowl and said, "Brother, please give me another bowl of wine. This wine is really fragrant."
When Dakui heard what he said, he realized that this wine was different from the ordinary. It was a bit like Yunnan rice wine, but purer. It was just that the strength of the wine was slightly lighter. Dakui didn't know that this wine was from the Gansu and Shaanxi areas.
Barley wine, even a naked baby can drink a bowl of it.
Back and forth, the two exchanged glasses and drank three to five bowls each. Later, they directly placed the large jar of wine on the table, and as they drank, they took out bowls to scoop out the wine. Until the large jar of wine was finished, the messenger was already drunk.
It's a complete mess.
When Dakui saw this, he wanted to laugh in his heart, but he still had to do business. He immediately started to find out the large and small objects on the Yuan Bing messenger one by one and put them on the table.
I saw nothing but a money bag and a letter.
Where is the token mentioned by the Yuan Bing messenger? Da Kui searched for a long time but could not find it. Unwilling to accept it, Da Kui looked for the horses in the yard again. But after searching all over, there was nothing except a long bow and quiver and a saber.
.This is strange. When Dakui returned to the room, he couldn't help but feel worried.
"Brother, wake up, wake up." Dakui went to push the Yuan Bing messenger who was lying on the table, but the messenger just muttered drunken words. Dakui had no choice but to coax: "I have to go out of the city on errands, what token should I use?"
Unexpectedly, the Yuan Bing messenger was unmoved and slept extremely soundly. Dakui said the same sentence in his ear over and over again, thinking that he would not bother you if he made such noise.
As expected, the messenger from the Yuan Dynasty worked hard all the way and wanted to have a good sleep, but Dakui kept asking in his ear, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed: "When leaving the city...no...no tokens are needed, when entering the city...use the system...to make money."
As soon as he said this, Da Kui suddenly realized. He hurriedly opened the money bag on the table and poured the silver coins inside on the table. Only then did he see that the copper coins on the table were different from those used by the people. When Yuanting was in power, paper money was used.
There are no copper coins that are circulated in the market. The copper coins used by the people are minted privately, and there are many kinds of characters on the coins. But the few copper coins on the table have the words Zhongtong Yuanbao, which are copper coins made by Yuanting. This copper coin is
A token used to travel between cities.
In addition to these dozen copper coins, there was a small bamboo raft on the table. Dakui picked up the bamboo raft and saw a line of Mongolian and several Chinese characters engraved on it.
"Yi Bing Ji Ren Tai" Dakui softly read the name on the bamboo raft and turned to look at the Yuan Bing messenger.
Shanxi people? The ghost who lied to your grandma. But Dakui thought again, Yuan Ting has ruled China for more than a hundred years, and Mongolians are spread all over the world. They have already become residents of various places. This messenger must have been born in Shanxi, so he said that he is from Shanxi.
people.
Da Kui found a rope and tied the Yuan Bing messenger tightly, and went to serve the wine. Then he sat at the table, ate the dry food brought by the Yuan Bing messenger, and drank highland barley wine. It was already early when he was full and full.
It's past Chen hour.
The siege outside the city was in full swing, and Yuan soldiers were rushing back and forth on the streets, but it was not the time to strike. Instead of sitting around and waiting, it was better to rest and recuperate. Dakui put several square tables together to use as beds, and brought the Yuan soldiers' messenger's baggage as a bed.
He lay down on the pillow with his clothes on and fell into a deep sleep. For a while, the room was filled with loud snoring, and Dakui had a very sweet sleep until night fell.
When I woke up, there were no banners and drums outside the city. Then I saw the Yuan Bing messenger sitting very obediently on the bench, with his upper body bent on the table, motionless. Dakui walked over and pulled the Yuan Bing messenger's body. The Yuan Bing messenger
The messenger fell to the ground with a thud. Dakui was shocked and went to check his breathing, but found that he had been dead for a long time.
After Dakui looked carefully, he realized that when he used the rope to help him, the string around his neck was a little tight, which actually exhausted him to death. Alas, it was all his fault that he was greedy and didn't do it lightly or lightly. Dakui shook his head and sighed,
After tidying up a little, I put the courier's bamboo raft money bag on me, and then I left the room.
There was silence on Liuzi Street. In front of the gate of the garrison, two Yuan soldiers stood tall and looked ahead. The autumn wind blew by, and although it was a little cool, the two Yuan soldiers remained motionless.
A man walked up the street, dressed as a school captain and leading a horse. It was Dakui.
Dakui led the horse to the door of the garrison. He stretched his neck and looked into the door. Yuan Bing, who was standing in front of the door with his left hand, shouted sharply: "What are you doing?"
Da Kui immediately said with a smile on his face: "I am from Yingchang, and I have a confidential letter to be delivered to General Zhang Liangbi."
The soldier looked Dakui up and down for a while, then asked: "Do you have any tokens?"
Dakui quickly reached into his arms and took out the bamboo sign. Yuan Bing came over, took the bamboo sign, looked at it carefully, and then said: "Wait here, I will report." After that, he turned around and entered the garrison.
Dakui took his horse and stood in front of the door waiting. He looked around and saw no soldiers or horses patrolling the city. Maybe it was because the time had not arrived yet.
Not long after, Yuan Bing who went to report came out and said to Dakui: "Go in and leave the horse to me."
"Hey, I'm sorry to bother you." Dakui handed the reins of the horse to Yuan Bing, and then another Yuan soldier led him straight into the garrison. He didn't see anything outside the yard, so he entered the yard.
Only then did I see that there were two groups of Yuan soldiers, about a hundred people in total, standing straight in two rows like the two soldiers outside the door.
Dakui walked further inside, passed through a patio, and came to a hall. The hall was brightly lit at the moment, and more than ten Yuan soldiers and generals were gathering here to discuss military affairs. Dakui suddenly seemed a little at a loss when he entered the hall.
I saw a person sitting on the main seat in the front, wearing a helmet and armor, with a stern face, but giving people a sense of self-reliance and self-reliance. This must be Zhang Liangbi.
Dakui asked in a trembling voice: "I wonder who is General Zhang Liangbi?"
A Yuan general on the right shouted sternly and asked: "How brave, you can call General Zhang by his name at will?"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Jiang, who was sitting on the main seat opposite, waved his hand and said: "Forget it." After that, he asked Dakui: "Where is the letter?"
Dakui hurriedly took out the letter from his arms, and a soldier came to pick it up. However, Dakui stretched out his hand to stop him and said: "When Yingchang was leaving, my general once told me to hand this letter to General Zhang Liangbi. He disappeared.
General Zhang Liangbi, this letter cannot be left behind."